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Wearing an oddly shaped evil eye amulet to ward off the jealousy of absolute strangers

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Dangling a glass bead around your neck to bounce bad intentions away from your totally normal daily activities. You assume random people are furiously envious of you, which is highly unlikely but fun to believe.

Wearing an oddly shaped evil eye amulet to ward off the jealousy of absolute strangers
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